Crispy

The day was good but somehow had a bit of a negative feel. Maybe we are just tired and sensitive to others…who are not hauled out. But we both found ourselves having little patience or finding others to be insensitive. Examples… ‘Phiz’, the man who Mike greatly helped with batteries, including driving him into town, had the free bike. Mike called and stated he wanted it and to please hold it for 10 minutes. We heard another call come into ‘Phiz’ from our old neighbor who asked if the bike was still available. ‘Phiz’ replied “It’s yours if you can beat Mike here.”. Really? By the end of the afternoon we were getting a bit done with everything, we were feeling pushed with time, tired and hot. Mike was working down below and the man who we bought our shade bimini from at the boat jumble walked by. They were chatting and Mike told him our plans for the dodger and canvas. The man then turned around and asked Mike if he could have some of the bimini parts he sold us back because he was having problems with his new one and wanted to leave to go sailing tomorrow. Mike said no. Another neighbor comes over and just sits on the plywood that Mike is desperately trying to cut and get fitted in the head before days end and talks about how proud he is of his accomplished son. Then I am out on the deck and Mike is below and I am asking him a question. Another man walks by and says “Wow. You haven’t gone in the water yet?! I told you last year that you were going to have a lot of problems and work in the cabin because of rust. I bet it’s just a nightmare! A nightmare! Ha ha ha!”, still laughing as he walked away. Really? He couldn’t see that we were definitely not laughing with him? I wanted to throttle him! I think we were both a little on the “crispy” side.
Luckily, good progress was made on the head and we were able to get the important wiring (lights and water pump) connected again… and they worked! If they didn’t it could have easily pushed us over the edge. At 8pm we were able to enjoy a beer and another dinner of peanuts in the cockpit. We had plans to join a group for some birthday celebrations but couldn’t muster the energy and definitely not the mood. Instead found ourselves staring at the computer while pages were trying to load with our super slow internet connection. We finally gave up and headed to bed. Pretty exciting Saturday night here in Turkey. And it’s a very good thing that I didn’t realize it was Book Club until Sunday morning or there would have been a definite pity party going on!

Kenerson, be thankful you weren't driving behind this guy! But seriously, happy you are ok!